Reconnecting with Lizz Hills

20/10/2025

Walking for Wellbeing: Photography as a Path to Presence

We live in a fast-paced world, where rushing has quietly become the norm. From the moment we wake up, our minds start ticking through lists of work, family, messages, commitments. Our attention scatters in a dozen directions, and by the end of the day, we can feel wrung out and oddly empty, like we’ve been busy but not truly present.

This Saturday, we’ll slow that pace right down.
Join me for our We Walk for Wellbeing walk to Moran Falls, QLD where we’ll use photography as a mindful companion. Together, we’ll explore how slowing our gaze can open up a deeper awareness of the world around us, and within us.

This isn’t about taking the “perfect” photo. It’s about seeing — really seeing — the play of light through leaves, the curve of a fern, the shimmer of water on rock. Photography becomes a form of meditation, a way to pause and connect with what’s here right now.

As we walk, I’ll guide you through gentle mindfulness practices and photography prompts to help train your eye for presence rather than perfection. You’ll discover how texture, rhythm, and space can speak to us when we give them time and attention.

This is an invitation to slow down, breathe, and let curiosity lead the way , to walk with a beginner’s mind, as the Zen teachers say, open to what unfolds moment by moment.

If you’ve been craving a little stillness, connection, or simply a different way to look at the world, this walk is for you.

We meet this Saturday for “We Walk for Wellbeing: Mindful Photography at Moran Falls.”
Bring your camera or phone, comfortable shoes, and a willingness to wander slowly.

Let’s walk, notice, and reconnect — one mindful step, one quiet image at a time. DM me or txt 0415 602 052 for more details and to register for this walk , fully funded by the Scenic Rim Regional Council.

— Lizz 🌿
Long Distance Walker and Psychotherapist
Trek2Reconnect

20/10/2025

Treading Lightly Tuesday...
Walking locally this week with friends, I found myself slowing right down, noticing the world in textures. The smooth curve of a seed pod, the papery crackle of ash leaves, the glint of a crow’s wing in the morning light. Even the tiniest pink flower tucked by the path had its own quiet brilliance. 🌸
There’s something deeply restorative about walking gently on familiar ground , seeing how much beauty lives in the details when we take the time to look.
✨ What small wonders have you noticed on your walks lately?

19/10/2025

🦀 Crab Mentality — or Something Deeper?
I’ve always found this metaphor powerful , the story of crabs in a bucket pulling each other down when one tries to escape. But as this image beautifully reminds us: Crabs don’t naturally live in buckets.
They were put there.Taken from their natural state. And when beings are trapped, displaced, or confined by forces of control and power, their reactions are shaped by survival, not malice.
Trauma isn’t a natural state either. So rather than judging those who seem “stuck” or “self-sabotaging,” maybe we can ask instead — what bowl are they in? Who put them there? And how can we help each other find our way back to the ocean? 🌊

14/10/2025

"Treading Lightly Tuesday 🐾
Listening to the wild voices around us — the rustle of feathers, the whisper of fur through grass, the soft imprint of paws and claws on the earth.
The other day, I was walking with friends when we came across a tree bearing the most extraordinary blue fruit. We stopped in our tracks, startled by the colour, the shape, the sheer otherness of it. For a moment, conversation fell away. We simply stood there, curious and quiet, letting the wonder settle in.
Moments like that remind me how easily nature invites us back to presence, how reflection often begins with surprise, and how beauty has a way of slowing us down just long enough to listen.
Some of my Tuesdays are for noticing these small wonders, gentle reminders that we are part of something vast, intricate, and alive.
— Lizz | Trek2Reconnect

12/10/2025

Mindful Monday 🌿

Start the week with reflection and reconnection — a gentle pause to remember what matters most.

We have two homes: our body and our planet.
Both ask for care, presence, and respect.

Each Monday, I’ll share small insights from psychology, mindfulness, and my counselling journey — gentle reminders that growth begins with awareness, and awareness begins with slowing down enough to notice.

What’s one small way you can tend to your inner or outer home today? 💚

— Lizz | Trek2Reconnect

15/07/2025

I’ve learned not to hold people hostage to who they used to be. We all carry old versions of ourselves that no longer fit: the mistakes we made, what we didn’t yet know, the harm we caused before we understood our own wounds.

I’ve seen how easily someone gets reduced to their worst moment, how quickly a past version becomes the only version others remember. But the truth is, we outgrow our old skins. We stumble, we learn, and if life allows, we try to do better. We all have chapters we wish we could rewrite. That doesn’t mean we haven’t earned the right to begin a new one.

I’ve watched friends become softer, more patient with the world. I’ve seen people who once lived in chaos become steady anchors for others. Growth isn’t always loud or dramatic. Often it’s quiet, steady, unglamorous. But it’s real. And when we dismiss someone for who they were, we miss out on who they’ve worked so hard to become.

None of us should be defined forever by a version we’ve already outgrown. We’re all in motion, figuring things out, trying again. If we can remember to offer that grace to ourselves, we can learn offer it to others too…

22/05/2025

Looking forward to tomorrow's walks around Nindoonbah Dam. If you are in Beaudesert and want to join us please let me know and we will see you there.

It looks like a sunshine 🌞 day tomorrow, Friday. We will be meeting at 9 am on the grassy patch between 203 and 201 Brooklands Dr. , Beaudesert . Here is a google maps link https://maps.app.goo.gl/76qy51MUygg5qH5x6 . And if you are farmilar with the ap What three words, they are ///beaker.participants.polarity

Our Next Adventure Walk this Saturday is heading out to Morans Falls- a beautiful Hike - we will be meeting at Morans Falls trailhead on Lamington National Park Road, 4.9km from the park entrance.

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09/05/2025

I have FINALLY got my second newsletter off the ground! Thanks for everyones interst in the walks and encouragement for me stepping into my Counselling role.

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02/05/2025

Lately I’ve been sitting with this question:
🌿 How do the rhythms of the land mirror any changes happening in me?

As May unfolds, I notice the land beginning to exhale — cooler mornings, golden light, trees letting go. A quiet softening.
And in me? A similar shift. A slowing. A desire to simplify, to rest, to root into what really matters.

There’s a deep comfort in remembering that I’m not separate from the seasons — I’m part of the pattern. 🌾

What seasonal changes are showing up in you lately?

01/05/2025

It’s the beginning of May, and I’ve been mapping out my month. I often come back to journal prompts to anchor my days—and today this one landed softly:

✨ “What was one small wild thing I paid attention to today?”

I paused, thought through my day… and there it was: the clouds. Big, slow, soft shapes drifting overhead. A sky full of stories. 🌥️

What about you? What wild thing caught your eye today?

30/04/2025

The banksia doesn’t bloom by rushing. It waits. Grows in harsh conditions. And only releases its seeds in fire.

Trek2Reconnect reminds me that strong emotions, like banksias, holds its own timing—and sometimes, transformation comes after burning.

28/04/2025

🎉🌿 Today’s my birthday.
And I’m pausing to reflect—not on the kilometres ahead, but on the path already walked.

In 2023, I set out on Trek2Reconnect—a 6,000km walk across this vast, beautiful continent. I walked for the planet, for mental health, for the stories that needed space, and for the aching silence between them. I walked to listen. To reconnect. To heal. To hope.

This year, I’m not on the road. But the journey continues in quieter ways—in community conversations, deep nature therapy, and in the simple act of showing up, again and again, with love and with purpose.

So today, on my birthday, I honour: 🌱 Every step that taught me something 🌱 Every person who walked beside me, in body or spirit 🌱 The land that held me, challenged me, and continues to shape me

If you feel like celebrating with me: 💚 Share a memory or moment of reconnection 💚 Take a mindful pause in nature today 💚 Support this ongoing work in any way that feels meaningful to you

Thank you for being part of this journey. I’m still walking—just a little differently now.